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10. VIBURNUM OPULUS. 



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Synonymes afid Figures. 



Sambucus aquatica, Trage, f. 378. b.. Maitliiol. ed. C. 



Bauh. 874. Dalech. TiO. Tahern. 1440. C. Bauh. Pin. 



456. S» palustris Dodon. 864. S. rosea^ Lob. ic» 2.. 



201. Ger. Emac. 1424- Tahern. 1440. J. Bank Hist 



1. 552. Park Theatr. 209. 

 Opulus Ruellii, Tourn. Inst, 607. O. glandulosus, Monch. 



Meth. 505. Baumg. Transylv. 1. 261. 

 Viburnum Opulus, Linn. Fl. Dan. 661. Engl. Bot. 332. 



^S'c^A;. t, 81. Kerner Baumz. t. 35. 



Affinity of the Genus. 



The old writers perceived distinctly the affinity of this ge- 

 nus with Sambucus, and hence they chose for it the names 

 Sambucus aquatica sindi palustris. Indeed Viburnum is dis- 

 tinguished from Sambucus^ simply by its berries having but 

 one seed, while the latter genus contains three seeds in the 

 berry. If we pass by the unessential parts, and attend only 

 to the relations of the most important, both the genera be- 

 long, with Lonicera, to one family, which we called the Ca= 

 pi'ifolitE ; (Anleit. 2. vid. 617.) 



Uses. 



The wood is used in Norway for making weavers combso 

 The shoemakers use it for pegs. The stronger branches are 

 used for tobacco pipes. The leaf is eaten only by cows. 

 The berries are favourites with the thrush. In Courland 

 they make vinegar with these berries, and the inhabitants of 

 Northern Asia form an intoxicating drink from them. 



